My first days

It is taking me quite a bit to adjust to hearing, speaking and reading Spanish all the time! When there is lots of people around I find it pretty hard to understand anything and I think my brain shuts off a little haha. My host family are very good though, they speak very slowly so I can understand and try to include me all the time.

Differences I have noticed
-Milk is in a bag
-They eat Pan (bread) all the time
-Toilet paper doesn't get flushed it goes into a bin beside it...
-All meals are eaten together with all the family
-There are stray dogs everywhere

Random things I know!

Meal times
desayuno Breakfast : about 10ish or whatever time you get up, bread and crackers
almuerzo Lunch : 2pm this is usually a big meal with one or two courses
merienda Afternoon Tea: 6pm usually tea or some kind of drink with biscuits and bread
cena Dinner: 10-10.30pm ish this took a lot of getting used to! A smaller meal than almuerzo

The times here are so different than New Zealand. On the weekends we can sleep as long as we want (until 12 or even 1), and we go to bed very late, about 12.30 or 1ish
Really different to NZ when I would get up about 9ish on the weekends and go to bed about 9.30-10.30pm

I start school on Monday! (tomorrow) I'm going to Cem 107 which is a public school so that means no uniform! It starts very early though about 7.30 ish :O and finishes about 1 or 2 I think. That will be a totally new experience, but I'm preparing myself to not understand much haha. I find the people here speak sooo fast and and their words jumble into one! There are even people who get out of breath when they speak haha.

Also another thing I noticed is people are very affectionate! When you meet someone you kiss them on the cheek and hug them no matter who it is. Also when you leave and say goodbye you do the same. People here are very open with things like PDA and what they ask.

Sorry for the jumbled post but I just wanted to write something so I could tell you about my experience so far :) I hope you liked it!